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I D. A. SWANEY. PUTTING UP BLANKETS. No. 287,394. Patented Oqt. 23,1883.

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DAVID A. SWVANEY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO NORTH VEST, OFSAME PLACE.

PUTTING UP BLANK/ETS.

SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent No. 287,394, dated October23, 1883.

Application filed September 21, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID A. SWANEY, ofPittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Putting up Blankets; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof.

My invention relates to an improvement in paper bags for putting upblankets; and it con- IO sists in a fastening for sealing the bags, soas to keep out moths and dust, ancLyet allow of easy access to theblankets without defacing or injuring the bags or destroying thefastening devices, all as will hereinafter more fully I 5 appear.

In packing blankets and like articles for transportation and storage,and for purposes of trade, it is desirable that the fastening of thepackage should be of a more or less permanent nature, so that the dealercan readily determine whether the same has been dis turbed, and whetherthe contained article probably agrees with anymark which may have beenplaced on the envelope; but it is .2 5 also desirable that when the sealis once broken it should still retain the properties of a fastening forsecuring the envelope. After the blankets have been sealed in the bagsat the factory, as described in Letters Patent N 0.

yo 252,540, granted to me January 17, 1882, they are forwarded to theretailer, who, in order to exhibit them to his customers, is forced tobreak the fastening of the bag, and when, af-

terward, they are stored away at the end of 5 the season dust and mothsare apt to enter through the opening. By the use of my improved fastenerthe bags may be easilyopened and then securely closed again withouttrouble and without defacing or injuring the bag it- 0 self.

. I will now describe my invention. so that others skilled in the artmay manufacture and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of the bag and fastener. Fig. 2 is a viewof the fastener (No model.)

detached from the bag. Fig. 3 is a view of the bag opened after havingonce been sealed. Fig. 4 is a view of the bag refastened.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts wherever they occur. I

In the drawings, a represent the fasteners, which are strips of strongpaper, leather, cloth, or other suitable material, the ends of which aregummed, as at b, and between the gummed ends are two eyelet-holes, c.

I This fastener is used as follows: It is first secured by one of itsgummed ends to the side of the paper bag d, as shown in Fig. 1. The bagis then folded, as shown in Fig. 4,.and the otherend of the fastener ais by the gum v secured to the other side of the bag. The bag is thussecurely sealed, so that neither dust nor moths can find access to theblankets. I When the retailer desires to open the bag, the strips or arecut across between the eyeletholes 0, as shown at e, and the bag isopened, I as shown in Fig. 3. NVhen it is desired to reclose the bag,the two ends of the strip are brought together and tied by stringspassing through the eyelet-holes. 1

Although I have described the fasteners as first attached to the side ofthe bag by gum, they can be fastened by eyelets or other suitable means,and instead of two eyelet-holes, one, andastring attached to thefastener, may be used. v,

\Vhat I claim as my invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,isp I The combination, with a bag, of a fasteningstrip having one endattached to the bag, a series of eyelet-holes at or near the middle, anda free end adapted to be attached to the opposite side of the bag,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day ofSeptember, A. D. 1882.

DAVID A. SWANEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN S. KENNEDY,

JAMES K. BAKEWELL.

